A healthy 17-year-old is referred by his pediatrician for evaluation of recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) soft tissue infections. He was well until approximately 6 months ...

CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WKRC)- Several parents are commenting on social media that their kids got a skin infection after playing at a bounce house. However, doctors say not to be so quick to blame the ...

Last month, Minnesota reported what it said is the country’s “largest known outbreak” of Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There are plenty of infections that you get on a regular basis, such as a cold or a stomach bug, and ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, a research team consisting of scientists from the National Institutes of Health and Stanford University investigated how the skin independently ...

For wrestlers, the biggest obstacle isn’t always injury—it’s infections. Before every practice at the Jennings Wrestling Facility within the Covelli Center, student employees mop each mat inch by inch ...

Men are more susceptible than women to skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, but the biological basis for this disparity has remained unclear. A new study led by UT Southwestern ...